Innate lymphotoxin receptor mediated signaling promotes HSV-1 associated neuroinflammation and viral replication

分类： 生物学 >> 生物物理学 提交时间： 2016-05-11

Liang, Yong Yang, Kaiting Guo, Jingya Peng, Hua Liang, Yong Yang, Kaiting Wroblewska, Joanna Fu, Yang-Xin Wroblewska, Joanna Fu, Yang-Xin

摘要： Host anti-viral innate immunity plays important roles in the defense against HSV-1 infection. In this study, we find an unexpected role for innate LT/LIGHT signaling in promoting HSV-1 replication and virus induced inflammation in immunocompromised mice. Using a model of footpad HSV-1 infection in Rag1-/-mice, we observed that blocking LT/LIGHT signaling with LT beta R-Ig could significantly delay disease progression and extend the survival of infected mice. LT beta R-Ig treatment reduced late proinflammatory cytokine release in the serum and nervous tissue, and inhibited chemokine expression and inflammatory cells infiltration in the dorsal root ganglia (DRG). Intriguingly, LT beta R-Ig treatment restricted HSV-1 replication in the DRG but not the footpad. These findings demonstrate a critical role for LT/LIGHT signaling in modulating innate inflammation and promoting HSV-1 replication in the nervous system, and suggest a new target for treatment of virus-induced adverse immune response and control of severe HSV-1 infection.

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